pakistanpalaver \pa*la"ver\ (?), n. [sp. palabra, or pg. palavra, fr. l. parabola a comparison, a parable, ll., a word. see parable.]1. talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.2. in africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate. this epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers. arlyle.

Pakistan ( or ; ALA-LC: , ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ALA-LC: ), is a country in South Asia with a population exceeding 199 million people. It is the sixth most populous country and with an area covering 881,913 km2 , it is the 36th largest country in the world in terms of area. Pakistan has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast respectively. It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.

Background
The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disputed Kashmir territory. A third war between these countries in 1971 - in which India capitalized on Islamabad's marginalization of Bengalis in Pakistani politics - resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998. The dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing, but recent discussions and confidence-building measures may be a start toward lessened tensions.